CBS News is on the ball, you guys!
U.S. has intel that Russian commanders have orders to proceed with invasion
The U.S. has intelligence that Russian commanders have received orders to proceed with an invasion of Ukraine, with commanders on the ground making specific plans for how they would maneuver in their sectors of the battlefield, CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reported on “Face the Nation” Sunday.
The orders don’t mean a invasion is a certainty, as Russian President Vladimir Putin could still change the orders if he changes his mind, the official said.
So yes? No? Interestingly, I’m getting two different versions of the article, one with the second paragraph being the above, and the other with the 2nd being
The intelligence indicates that “they’re doing everything that American commanders would do once they got the order to proceed,” Martin said.
and leaving out the part about it not being certain.
After weeks of warning that an invasion of Ukraine was imminent, President Biden told reporters on Friday that he was “convinced” Putin had made the decision to invade Ukraine and said the U.S. believed Russian forces intended to attack in the “coming days.”
Surprisingly, Biden did not head to Delaware for President’s Day. His original schedule called for him to leave Saturday, which was then changed to Sunday, and then was cancelled. Perhaps that’s a sign that the invasion is ready? Or, perhaps he was just too tired to walk to the helicopter, because he sure hasn’t cared about optics so far.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told “Face the Nation” that the U.S. believes Russia is “moving forward” with plans to invade, despite denials from Moscow that such action will be taken.
“Everything we’re seeing tells us that the decision we believe President Putin has made to invade is moving forward,” Blinken said. “We’ve seen that with provocations created by the Russians or separatist forces over the weekend, false flag operations, now the news just this morning that the ‘exercises’ Russia was engaged in in Belarus with 30,000 Russian forces that was supposed to end this weekend will now continue because of tensions in eastern Ukraine, tensions created by Russia and the separatist forces it backs there.”
If Putin really wants to invade Ukraine, me bet is that he’ll wait till next weekend, after Joe gets to either his home in Delaware or Camp David.
BTW, remember when Democrats made fun of Romney for saying how dangerous Russia was? And then Russia went and invaded Crimea. Then Russia stopped getting frisky under Trump, but, is back to frisky because Biden is weak.
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